Members of the former National Youth Council (NYC) board have been barred from attending a high-level meeting of the Representative Council (RC) this afternoon at the Windhoek Country Club. This is the latest indication of the deteriorating relationship between the old board, which disbanded early this year under contested circumstances, and the current leadership. Eagle […]

Swapo’s Mandela Kapere has called his comrade, Retired General Martin Shali to order for utterances he made over a weekend election rally in Okahandja. Shali is reported to have used the term “cutting their throats” in a reference to those that have gone to form parties outside Swapo. Kapere has said while the Shali considers […]

  Namibia Airports Company boss Bisey Uirab has chosen to remain tight-lipped as his office has been hit by a barrage of accusations of discrimination, favouritism, making threats to employees causing hostilities and tensions among strategic executives, and middle managers. These accusations are stemming from the NAC middle-managers who have reportedly since written to the […]

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has pointed out major red flags in government’s procurement processes during the first 3 months of the state of emergency. The red flags hinge around short tender periods, few or no contracts awarded competitively and unclear or inaccessible company registrations. The Ministry of Health and social services and […]

The Minister of Industrialisation & Trade Lucia Iipumbu praised the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area and what it could mean for Namibia but when it will realise has always been questioned. During the Bank of Namibia’s 21st Annual Symposium, Iipumbu said the benefits of the AfCFTA would be an expansion of markets […]

Fish-rot accused, Tamson Hatuikulipi, has written to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director-General, Paulus Noa, informing him that the Mercedes Benz SL 65AMG which the corruption watch-dog seized is owned by a bank. Hatuikulipi has also hit at ACC spokesperson Josephine Nghituwamata saying contrary to her notification to the media that the vehicle had been seized […]

A string of housebreakings was reported over the weekend, fueling safety concerns. The police reported 5 housebreakings in Windhoek between Wednesday and Saturday. Also In Wanaheda, a woman was raped before her assailants fled with her mobile phone on Saturday at about 03h45. Also in Wanaheda, items worth N$ 83 700 were allegedly stolen on […]

Landless People’s Movement (LPM) second in command, Henny Seibeb, who has been drumming up support for his support in Kalkrand over the weekend, has called on political parties and the ECN to ensure maximum security on the ballot papers all the way from South Africa. This is as the ECN has now roped in the […]

The Bank of Namibia assisted the Save The Rhino Trust through a donation of N$480 000 to the operations of the NGO in continuing the protection of one the most protected rhino species in the world. The CEO of the trust, Simson Uri-khob said that they experience challenges in terms of the vast area that […]

City of Windhoek mayor Fransina Kahungu and Affirmative Repositioning activist Eliphas Nghitomoka have condemned the police heavy-handedness in handling a dismantling of a shack. A defenceless woman had to be rushed to the hospital due to stress-induced by anxiety when the police descended on her shack in Windhoek’s Goreangab Informal settlement Both Nghitomoka and Kahungu […]